Earned Street Name: from AND 1 Mix Tape Tour MC and renowned Rucker Park legend, Duke Tango, who said he was "schooling people" on the court

Joined Mix Tape Tour: The Professor is the newest member of the AND 1 Mix Tape Tour, winning an endorsement contract after battling it out on ESPN’s "Street Ball: The AND 1 Mix Tape Tour presented by Mountain Dew Code Red" last summer. He had planned to mow lawns and bag groceries all of last summer, but instead found his way to becoming the next playground legend and earning a spot on the Tour. He was picked up in Portland during the Open Run, which was the second city on the 2003 tour. He played in his first game in Phoenix, as one of the contestants on the ESPN show "StreetBall: The AND 1 Mix Tape Tour", then competed through the end of the summer. He hit game winning shots in Jackson and NYC at Madison Square Garden and was eventually selected by the AND 1 Mix Tape players as the next streetball legend and received an AND 1 endorsement deal to join the 2004 team.